The gifts of the summer garden abound! The
garden abundance is copious! Every family circle seems
to have at least one passionate gardener with more
tomatoes and green beans and peppers than he or she knows
what to do with. Fortunately for us, generosity
overflows in gardeners. Back And Neck Care Center encourages
Severna Park chiropractic patients to appreciatively accept
those green beans, peppers and tomatoes
and eat them for an amazing anti-oxidant and nutritional
boost to fight inflammation, heart disease, cancer, and more! Back And Neck Care Center embraces
all of these benefits!
ANTI-OXIDANT, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANTI-DISEASE
Back And Neck Care Center knows this is an amazing
list of benefits. It’s difficult to separate
these actions from each other! They are all healthy benefits.
Tomatoes are very full of
nutrients, supplying vitamin C,
potassium and lycopene, an anti-oxidant that supports cancer and
heart disease prevention and anti-inflammatory activity. (1,2) To boost
absorption of lycopene, eat tomatoes with some tasty,
healthy fats like olives, avocados or similar oils. (3) Bell and
chili peppers are filled with vitamins C, A, E, K1 and potassium, folic acid and fiber. [We all could use
a bit more fiber in our diets! Speaking of fiber,
green beans are marvelous sources. Additionally,
they have large number of proteins, carotenoids, and
anti-oxidants with only a few calories. Green beans have
nutrients reported to
also be anticarcinogenic, helping
prevent and even stop the spread of some cancers throughout the
body. (4, 5, 6)] Further, peppers assist in fighting inflammation, too, with their anti-oxidants. Raw and roasted peppers have
anti-oxidant benefits. Roasting may raise or lower those
benefits determined by the pepper type and growth stage. (7,8,9) At any rate, your Severna Park
chiropractor encourages you to eat some peppers, tomatoes,
and green beans! Your body will repay you!
CONTACT Back And Neck Care Center
Listen to Dr.
Jasmine Hornberger’s PODCAST on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she shares the story
of a patient with back pain after undergoing
back surgery find relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management in her chiropractic practice where she integrates
nutrition and motion.
Schedule your next Severna Park chiropractic visit
with Back And Neck Care Center soon. Sharing and enjoying
the ample summer harvest increases
your health - anti-cancer, anti-oxidant and anti-disease - and your gratefulness
for gardeners!